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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding	-	30-60 individuals	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Metbassta hunting reserve	Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Metbassta (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/metbassta-iba-tunisia on 23/11/2024.